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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
researches
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
e-learning technology enable
people
all around the world
to participate in classes online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOCs are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
handle issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Corporations want
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
need for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This thrilling new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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