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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
issues
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
online learning technology are making it possible for
students
all over the world
to be participants in online classes.
Massive open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning technology organizations
have to deal with
today because learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can students
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
necessity
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
need
to understand
these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education issues.
This new book
also describes the
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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