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 this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
explores
topics
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advances in
technology-enhanced learning are enabling
students
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
distance learning institutions
have to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can students
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
procurable there is a
necessity
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
People want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
desideratum for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This sensational new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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