MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
reviews
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
changes in
online learning technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in online classes.
MOOC courses are
typically free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
distance learning institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can learners
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
want
to better comprehend
these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Educators want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education issues.
This stimulating new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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