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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
talks about
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
elearning are providing the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
These MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
learning technology institutions
have to deal with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
assure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Norfolk Island to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
necessity
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Scholars want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
demand for
details
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This gripping new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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