MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for
learners
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
These online MOOCs are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
today because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can institutions
assure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can we
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
significant new open educational
initiatives.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Everybody wants
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
desideratum for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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