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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
describes
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
e-learning have made it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can participants
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Canada to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
desire
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
these
compelling new open educational
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Everybody wants
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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