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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
investigates
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
electronic education technology have empowered
humans
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
These massive open online courses are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning organizations
are dealing with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Trainers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education topics.
This scholarly new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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