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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
learning technology enable
learners
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are several
issues that
online learning organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can participants
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
iversity to conduct these MOOC courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
manage
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to be aware of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Lecturers want
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This gripping new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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