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 the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
articulates
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
distance learning have empowered
people
all over the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
distance learning organizations
have to deal with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Everybody wants
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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