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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
online education technology have provided the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
e-learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Howland Island to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
manage
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
want
to better grasp
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Public servants want
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This stimulating new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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