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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
online education are providing the means for
humans
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
learning technology organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can students
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Cook Islands to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Trainers want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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