MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
analyzes
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advancements in
elearning technology enable
learners
all around the world
to take courses online.
These massively open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
elearning technology organizations
must deal with
today because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Washington to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Academics want
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education topics.
This stimulating new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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