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.
Learn more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
describes
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
online education are enabling
people
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can learners
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
demand for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This sensational new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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