MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
online learning have made it possible for
learners
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses online.
This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education.
These massively open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
elearning technology institutions
are considering
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Academics want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
demand for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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