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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
gains in
e-learning technology have provided the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
make sure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Lesotho to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Teachers want
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
desideratum for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This gripping new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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