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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
studies
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
online education technology have empowered
learners
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are struggling with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can participants
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Burundi to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Trainers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
demand for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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