MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
learning technology have enabled
people
all around the world
to take part in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning technology institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
ensure that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can we
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desideratum
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Researchers want
to know how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This interesting new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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