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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
talks about
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
online education technology have made it possible for
humans
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a variety of
topics that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are dealing with
now that distance learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Costa Rica to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
necessity
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Instructors want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education subjects.
This definitive new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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