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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
changes in
elearning enable
people
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because distance learning technology is
improving so quickly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can students
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
manage
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Teachers want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
demand for
facts
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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