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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
addresses
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
elearning are providing the means for
humans
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
e-learning institutions
have to deal with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
necessity
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Trainers want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
need for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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