MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
describes
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
evolvements in
digital education technology are enabling
students
all around the world
to take courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online education institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can learners
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
United States to conduct these MOOCs?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
need
to understand
these
interesting new open education
initiatives.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Trainers want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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