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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
elearning technology have made it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
normally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning organizations
have to deal with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can students
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Estonia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
demand
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Scholars want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
need for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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