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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
electronic education technology have enabled
humans
all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
elearning technology institutions
are struggling with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
new open educational
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This authoritative new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
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