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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
digital education technology are empowering
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses online.
Massive open online courses are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
more than ever because online education technology is
developing so fast.
This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
UCSF to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
demand
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Academics want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
need for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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