MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
elearning have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
Massive open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
good?
How can organizations
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
desire
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Lecturers want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
desideratum for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
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