MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
elearning have provided the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
MOOC classes are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Togo to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Researchers want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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