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 the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
studies
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
distance learning are empowering
humans
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
e-learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Australia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can teachers
handle issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Researchers want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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