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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
evolvements in
online education technology are empowering
students
all over the world
to take part in online classes.
These MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are quite a few
subjects that
elearning institutions
have to struggle with
now that distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs.
How can we
make sure that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Dominican Republic to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
necessity
to perceive how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
desire for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education subjects.
This amazing new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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