MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
changes in
online learning technology have made it possible for
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education organizations
are struggling with
more than ever because blended learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
French Polynesia to conduct these MOOCs?
How can institutions
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
necessity
to perceive how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
want
to better comprehend
these
new open education
undertakings.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Educators want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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