MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
technology-enhanced learning are enabling
people
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in classes online.
MOOC classes are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are having to consider
today because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can institutions
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
People want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
desideratum for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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