MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
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 Around the World is a
edited collection
which
studies
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advancements in
technology-enhanced learning enable
learners
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
must deal with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
need
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This thrilling new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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