MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
topics
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
distance learning technology are enabling
students
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses online.
These massive online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning organizations
are dealing with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
ensure that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC classes?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Everybody wants
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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