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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
technology-enhanced learning have enabled
humans
in nations all aver the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
typically free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
There are a variety of
subjects that
elearning organizations
are dealing with
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so rapidly.
This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Excelsior College to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to comprehend how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Everyone wants
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
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