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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
researches
topics
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
digital education technology have empowered
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning becomes more
available there is a
growing
desire
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Scientists
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
ventures.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Teachers want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
need for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
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