MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
gains in
e-learning technology have empowered
learners
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
assure that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Saint Pierre and Miquelon to conduct these MOOC classes?
How can participants
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desideratum
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Public servants want
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
demand for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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