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 this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
investigates
subjects
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
elearning technology are empowering
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes online.
These MOOCs are
generally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
distance learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so fast.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to perceive how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Trainers want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
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