MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
advancements in
learning technology have provided the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online classes.
This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences.
Massive open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
YouTube to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Public servants want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
growing
desideratum for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This gripping new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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