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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
learners
all around the world
to take part in classes online.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
make sure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
YouTube to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Everybody wants
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
desire for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This gripping new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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