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.
Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
talks about
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
changes in
online education technology enable
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes online.
These MOOCs are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
YouTube to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
necessity
to comprehend how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
exciting new open educational
undertakings.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Educators want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
developing
desideratum for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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