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 the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
explores
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
changes in
digital education technology have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
ensure that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can participants
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Papua New Guinea to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
ventures.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Corporations want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
demand for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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