MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
developments in
blended learning technology enable
people
all over the world
to take part in online classes.
These online MOOC courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to attend to
today because learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
certify that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Bolivia to conduct these MOOCs?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage problems like
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
need
to better comprehend
these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Students want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
desire for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This exciting new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources.
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