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.
Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
evolvements in
online learning enable
humans
all around the world
to participate in courses online.
These MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
distance learning institutions
have to consider
more than ever because learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
ensure that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can participants
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Kazakhstan to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
desideratum
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
open education
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Universities want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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