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 this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
explores
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
distance learning make it possible for
students
all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
Massive open online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can we
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Guernsey to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
these
new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Everyone wants
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This interesting new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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