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 this definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
articulates
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
humans
all over the world
to take part in online classes.
These MOOC courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can institutions
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
People want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This thrilling new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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