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 the definitive 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
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
online education technology are making it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are many
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can learners
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Instructors want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
expanding
demand for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This thrilling new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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