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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
articulates
issues
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
elearning have made it possible for
students
all over the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a lot of
topics that
e-learning organizations
are having to attend to
now that online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Brazil to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
new open educational
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Professors want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
developing
desideratum for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources.
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