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.
Find out more about the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
researches
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
developments in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
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 many
issues that
online education organizations
have to consider
today because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can we
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Gabon to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Trainers want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
need for
knowledge
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This scholarly new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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