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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
reviews
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
learning technology have provided the means for
humans
all over the world
to take classes online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massively open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can institutions
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Greece to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
desideratum
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
increasing
desideratum for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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