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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
gains in
e-learning are providing the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
MOOC courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can participants
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desire
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
ventures.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Scientists want
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
desire for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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