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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
investigates
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
e-learning technology have provided the means for
humans
in nations all around the world
to take online classes.
Massive open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can organizations
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desideratum
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Everybody wants
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
demand for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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