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
that
analyzes
topics
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
online education have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
These massive online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
assure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can organizations
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Jordan to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
undertakings.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
desire for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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