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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advancements in
e-learning technology are making it possible for
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
normally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online learning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can we
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desire
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
these
significant new open educational
initiatives.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
desideratum for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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