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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advancements in
online education technology have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to take online classes.
MOOC classes are
free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can we
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Lebanon to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can organizations
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
available there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
these
fascinating new open education
undertakings.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Scientists want
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education issues.
This gripping new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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