MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
investigates
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Modern
developments in
digital education technology are enabling
students
in nations all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
blended learning organizations
have to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can organizations
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desire
to comprehend how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
exciting new open educational
initiatives.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To handle this
expanding
desire for
information
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This sensational new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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