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 this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
analyzes
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
changes in
electronic educational technology make it possible for
learners
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are many
issues that
online learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Arizona State University to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Everyone wants
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
demand for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This intriguing new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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