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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
researches
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
elearning technology have empowered
students
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massively open online courses are
free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can students
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Togo to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
demand
to comprehend how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
need for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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