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 the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
describes
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
changes in
distance learning technology enable
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These MOOCs are
commonly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can institutions
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Faroe Islands to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
manage
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desideratum
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
desire
to understand
these
important new open educational
undertakings.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Educators want
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
desire for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This inspiring new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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