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 the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
researches
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
gains in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to participate in classes online.
These massive open courses are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
elearning technology institutions
are struggling with
today because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Miriada X to conduct these MOOCs?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
these
important new open education
undertakings.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Professors want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
demand for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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