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 this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
explores
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
gains in
e-learning technology make it possible for
students
all over the world
to take courses online.
These massive online courses are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are considering
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Bermuda to conduct these MOOC classes?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This scholarly new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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