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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
describes
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
digital education technology have enabled
students
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online learning technology organizations
must deal with
now that online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
be assured that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Miriada X to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
available there is a
developing
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
interesting new open education
undertakings.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Lecturers want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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