MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
distance learning are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
distance learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
certify that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Finland to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Everybody wants
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
desire for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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