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.
Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
analyzes
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
e-learning technology are empowering
students
in nations all aver the world
to take classes online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOC courses are
free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
be assured that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can we
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Guinea-Bissau to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
demand
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Trainers want
to perceive how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
need for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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