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 the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
explores
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
online education technology are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
typically free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are dealing with
now that elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
make sure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can organizations
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desire
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Lecturers want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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