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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
articulates
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
elearning technology have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
These massive open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
e-learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can participants
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Sudan to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
need
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.
Students want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
desideratum for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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