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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
online education technology are making it possible for
students
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning organizations
are considering
now that elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
British Virgin Islands to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This amazing new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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