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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
addresses
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
online education technology have empowered
students
in nations all aver the world
to participate in online classes.
These online MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are many
subjects that
e-learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can students
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Gibraltar to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
need
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
undertakings.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Researchers want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource topics.
This definitive new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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