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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
subjects
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
distance learning technology enable
people
all over the world
to take part in online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
blended learning institutions
are having to deal with
now that elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can we
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Cameroon to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desire
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
new open education
initiatives.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
demand for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational issues.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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