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 the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
gains in
electronic educational technology have empowered
students
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massively open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
distance learning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
WizIQ to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to be aware of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Intellectuals want
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
need for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This amazing new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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