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.
Find out more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
developments in
online education are making it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
make sure that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Austria to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Instructors want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This dramatic new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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