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 the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
evolvements in
digital education technology enable
people
in nations all aver the world
to take part in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning technology organizations
have to consider
now that e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Burkina Faso to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
necessity
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
initiatives.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Academics want
to perceive how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource issues.
This thrilling new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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