MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
investigates
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advancements in
elearning technology are providing the means for
students
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
MOOCs are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
now that online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
necessity
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
ventures.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Trainers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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