MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 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
that
reviews
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
technology-enhanced learning make it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
elearning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can organizations
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Professors want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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