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.
Find out more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
describes
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
online education technology are making it possible for
learners
all over the world
to be participants in online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
be assured that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can participants
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
United States to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can teachers
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Academics want
to perceive how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
desideratum for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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