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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to take online classes.
These online MOOCs are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
distance learning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Cape Verde to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
new open educational
initiatives.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Universities want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
need for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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