MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
electronic educational technology have made it possible for
humans
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive open courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
e-learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Kingman Reef to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Academics want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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