MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advancements in
e-learning have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
These MOOC classes are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
today because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can we
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Students
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
important new open educational
ventures.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Educators want
to perceive how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
desire for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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