MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
developments in
elearning technology are providing the means for
learners
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Greenland to conduct these MOOC classes?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
demand
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
People want
to comprehend how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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