MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
digital education technology have made it possible for
students
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
now that distance learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
make sure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
One Month to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
desire
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open educational
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Researchers want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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