MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
articulates
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
students
all around the world
to take part in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are quite a few
topics that
elearning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
need
to better comprehend
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education topics.
This thrilling new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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