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 the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
blended learning are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can participants
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
manage problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Students want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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