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 the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
studies
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
developments in
online learning technology make it possible for
people
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
need
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Trainers want
to perceive how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and OERS.
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