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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
addresses
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
evolvements in
distance learning are enabling
learners
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are many
issues that
elearning organizations
are struggling with
now that online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Professors want
to perceive how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
desire for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This amazing new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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