MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
studies
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
e-learning technology have empowered
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a lot of
topics that
online education organizations
have to deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Benin to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
necessity
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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