MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
online education technology are providing the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
These massively open online courses are
free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
e-learning institutions
are considering
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
assure that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Estonia to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Scientists want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This definitive new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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