MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
online learning technology have provided the means for
humans
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
These MOOCs are
free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online education institutions
are considering
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
State University of New York to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Universities want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
desideratum for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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