MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
electronic education technology enable
humans
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massive open online courses are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to attend to
now that distance learning technology is
developing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can institutions
certify that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can we
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Lesotho to conduct these MOOC classes?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
need
to better perceive
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Students want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
need for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education topics.
This exciting new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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