MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
addresses
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
elearning are providing the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
These massively open online courses are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
need
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Universities want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
demand for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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