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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
topics
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
online learning have provided the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These 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.
This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences.
There are several
subjects that
elearning technology institutions
are considering
now that distance learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
initiatives.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
People want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
demand for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This inspiring new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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