MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
students
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
today because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can participants
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education becomes more
abundant there is a
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Instructors want
to know how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
growing
demand for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This exciting new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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