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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
distance learning technology make it possible for
learners
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses online.
These MOOCs are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning organizations
are dealing with
today because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can organizations
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
need
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
desire
to understand
these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Professors want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
desideratum for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This amazing new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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