MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
digital education technology are providing the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
learning technology organizations
are struggling with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can teachers
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
necessity
to grasp how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Everybody wants
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
demand for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This gripping new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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