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 the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
developments in
online education technology enable
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These MOOC courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
be assured that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
The Ohio State University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
compelling new open education
ventures.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Everybody wants
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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