MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
studies
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
distance learning are enabling
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can participants
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
need
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
desire
to better grasp
these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Students want
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
growing
desideratum for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This interesting new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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