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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
distance learning have made it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOC courses are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Nagorno-Karabakh to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Everybody wants
to perceive how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
demand for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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