MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
reviews
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
changes in
electronic educational technology make it possible for
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
MOOCs are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
There are quite a few
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can teachers
assure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Clipperton Island to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
necessity
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
undertakings.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Everybody wants
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This sensational new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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