MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
improvements in
blended learning technology have empowered
people
all around the world
to take classes online.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are many
topics that
elearning technology organizations
are struggling with
now that distance learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can students
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
interesting new open educational
undertakings.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Instructors want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
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