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 the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advancements in
e-learning technology are enabling
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
e-learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Samoa to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
open education
initiatives.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Lecturers want
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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