MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
learners
in nations all aver the world
to take online courses.
These massive online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
blended learning organizations
have to consider
today because online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can organizations
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Germany to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
ventures.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Intellectuals want
to comprehend how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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