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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
articulates
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
electronic educational technology have empowered
humans
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
typically free
for students but do not
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 numerous
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to deal with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Lebanon to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
important new open educational
ventures.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Scientists want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational topics.
This gripping new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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