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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
articulates
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
evolvements in
e-learning are enabling
people
in nations all aver the world
to take courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOC courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a variety of
topics that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
more than ever because online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
make sure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Public servants want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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