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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
e-learning are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes online.
These MOOC classes are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are numerous
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of New Mexico to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
get a handle on
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Instructors want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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