MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
gains in
online learning enable
students
all around the world
to take online courses.
These massively open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
There are quite a few
subjects that
elearning institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can learners
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
demand
to perceive how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
People want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also considers the
major 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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