MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
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 Around the World is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
online learning technology enable
people
in nations all aver the world
to take part in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can learners
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Duke University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
manage
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
necessity
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational topics.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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