MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
students
in nations all around the world
to participate in online courses.
These massively open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can organizations
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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