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 the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
talks about
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
online education enable
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online learning organizations
must deal with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can we
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
undertakings.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Universities want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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