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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
studies
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
learning technology are empowering
humans
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Ball State University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
desideratum
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Trainers want
to perceive how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This definitive new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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