MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
analyzes
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advancements in
online education are empowering
humans
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
now that elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
ensure that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Academics want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
desire for
details
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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