MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
explores
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
digital education technology are providing the means for
learners
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These MOOC courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
today because distance learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Bowling Green State University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desideratum
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
these
new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
desire for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational issues.
This amazing new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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