MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
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 Around the World is a
edited collection
that
investigates
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advancements in
online education technology are providing the means for
humans
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
now that elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can organizations
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Rutgers University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
need
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
need
to better grasp
these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Universities want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational subjects.
This new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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