MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
articulates
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
electronic educational technology make it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive open courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
learning technology institutions
are dealing with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can institutions
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Educators want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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