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 the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
evolvements in
online education technology enable
learners
all around the world
to participate in courses online.
Massive open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
elearning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can organizations
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Anguilla to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
growing
need
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This inspiring new book
also analyzes the
key 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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