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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
explores
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
evolvements in
e-learning have empowered
learners
all over the world
to take courses online.
MOOC classes are
typically free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can organizations
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Korea, South to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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