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.
Find out more about this definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
articulates
topics
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
online education technology are empowering
humans
in nations all aver the world
to take courses online.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
distance learning institutions
must deal with
now that distance learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
North Seattle Community College to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As electronic educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
desire
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Academics want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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