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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
investigates
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
e-learning technology are empowering
students
all over the world
to take online classes.
Massively open online courses are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online education organizations
have to consider
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
desideratum
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
new open education
ventures.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
People want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This interesting new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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