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 the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
online learning technology have made it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These online MOOCs are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Israel to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
demand
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
open education
ventures.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Everybody wants
to know how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This sensational new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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