MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
topics
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
digital education technology have empowered
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can organizations
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
necessity
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
undertakings.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Public servants want
to perceive how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
demand for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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