MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
reviews
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advancements in
online learning technology have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are quite a few
topics that
distance learning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can participants
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Germany to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
undertakings.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Everybody wants
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To respond to this
expanding
desire for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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