MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
articulates
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
electronic educational technology are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
MOOCs are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a lot of
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to consider
more than ever because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
United States to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As e-learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This gripping new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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