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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
changes in
online learning technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are numerous
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
must deal with
more than ever because online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Azerbaijan to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Academics want
to know how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
demand for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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