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.
Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
blended learning technology enable
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
These massive open courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to deal with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
openHPI to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
interesting new open education
undertakings.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Intellectuals want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education subjects.
This thrilling new book
also examines 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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