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 this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
digital education technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning institutions
must deal with
today because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Puerto Rico to conduct these MOOC classes?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Trainers want
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This thrilling new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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