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.
Find out more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
describes
topics
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
elearning technology have made it possible for
humans
all around the world
to take online classes.
MOOC classes are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology institutions
are considering
today because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
certify that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can participants
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Open2Study to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
desideratum
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Lecturers want
to comprehend how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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