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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
distance learning technology are enabling
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
elearning organizations
are having to consider
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
make sure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
need
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
undertakings.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Instructors want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
demand for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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