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.
Learn more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
investigates
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
electronic education technology are providing the means for
learners
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online education institutions
are dealing with
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can learners
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Kyrgyzstan to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Scholars want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
demand for
details
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues.
This amazing new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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