MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
e-learning make it possible for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
e-learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can organizations
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Florida to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
demand
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Educators want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational topics.
This sensational new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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