MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
blended learning technology make it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
These MOOC courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning institutions
are dealing with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Rutgers University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
necessity
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
want
to better grasp
these
new open education
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
People want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources.
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