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 the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
online education have made it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
learning technology institutions
are having to consider
now that elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can participants
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Instructors want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
desideratum for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This new book
also researches the
most important 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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