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 this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
developments in
electronic educational technology have empowered
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
distance learning institutions
are considering
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can institutions
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Sao Tome and Principe to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open educational
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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