MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
topics
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Modern
improvements in
online education technology are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
These online MOOCs are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
e-learning institutions
must deal with
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can institutions
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Oman to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desire
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
would like
to understand
these
fascinating new open educational
undertakings.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
demand for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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