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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advancements in
learning technology are empowering
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning technology institutions
must deal with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desideratum
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
ventures.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Scholars want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
demand for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This intriguing new book
also studies the
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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