MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
addresses
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
elearning have provided the means for
humans
in nations all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are many
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Houston System to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Corporations want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
demand for
information
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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