MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
evolvements in
elearning are making it possible for
students
all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
elearning institutions
are having to deal with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can participants
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better understand
these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Corporations want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
developing
need for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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