MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
developments in
online education have enabled
students
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
These online MOOCs are
commonly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
elearning institutions
have to consider
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
make sure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Virginia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Scientists want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
demand for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This interesting new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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