MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
online education have enabled
learners
all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
e-learning institutions
are having to attend to
today because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can organizations
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
new open educational
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Researchers want
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This authoritative new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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