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.
Find out more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
distance learning technology are empowering
people
all around the world
to take online classes.
These MOOC courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online learning organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Bhutan to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
initiatives.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Everybody wants
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
desire for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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