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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
researches
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
evolvements in
distance learning have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to take online classes.
These massively open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
learning technology institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can we
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Paraguay to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to comprehend how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
want
to better comprehend
these
exciting new open educational
initiatives.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
People want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
need for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This stimulating new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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