MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
gains in
blended learning technology make it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
MOOC courses are
normally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
e-learning institutions
are struggling with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
these
intriguing new open education
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Lecturers want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
developing
desideratum for
details
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This definitive new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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