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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
investigates
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
digital education technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
MOOCs are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are considering
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
ventures.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Universities want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
desire for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education subjects.
This interesting new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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