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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
investigates
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advancements in
e-learning technology have empowered
people
all over the world
to take online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive open courses are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are considering
now that elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
ensure that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Academics want
to know how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This inspiring new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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