MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
electronic education technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
blended learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
need
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Trainers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
desire for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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