MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Modern
advancements in
elearning enable
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online education organizations
must deal with
today because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
LinkedIn to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
demand for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources.
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