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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
gains in
elearning technology are providing the means for
students
in nations all around the world
to participate in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
blended learning organizations
are having to attend to
today because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can learners
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desideratum
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Teachers want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
demand for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational topics.
This stimulating new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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