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 the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
electronic education technology are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology organizations
have to consider
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
interesting new open education
undertakings.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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