MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
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 Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
online education technology are making it possible for
humans
all around the world
to take online classes.
MOOC classes are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
There are quite a few
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
are considering
now that online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
certify that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
demand for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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