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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
explores
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
evolvements in
e-learning have provided the means for
humans
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can we
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
need
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
People want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
desire for
details
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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