MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
evolvements in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These massive open online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are dealing with
today because online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can learners
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Singapore to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Lecturers want
to perceive how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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