MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
changes in
learning technology are enabling
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massive open online courses are
commonly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to perceive how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
People want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
facts
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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