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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
electronic educational technology are enabling
people
all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
These massive online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these MOOC classes?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
abundant there is a
desire
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
compelling new open education
ventures.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Academics want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
desire for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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