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 the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
articulates
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
distance learning technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are several
topics that
learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
more than ever because distance learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can learners
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desideratum
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
initiatives.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Professors want
to comprehend how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This amazing new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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