MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
articulates
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
advances in
online learning are empowering
humans
all over the world
to take online courses.
These massive online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Duke University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
necessity
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
need for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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