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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
studies
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
online education make it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to deal with
today because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
be assured that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can students
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Madagascar to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
significant new open educational
initiatives.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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