MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
electronic educational technology make it possible for
students
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are many
issues that
distance learning organizations
are considering
now that elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
make sure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can participants
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
demand
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
demand for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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