MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
describes
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
e-learning technology make it possible for
people
all over the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can learners
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Lebanon to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
necessity
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
fascinating new open education
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Everyone wants
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
need for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This authoritative new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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