MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
online education make it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes online.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online education organizations
are having to deal with
more than ever because learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
certify that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can students
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Guatemala to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open education
initiatives.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Teachers want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
need for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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