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 this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
analyzes
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in online courses.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Kenya to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open educational
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This stimulating new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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