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 the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
studies
subjects
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
digital education technology are providing the means for
students
all around the world
to participate in online classes.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These online MOOC courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online learning organizations
are having to consider
now that online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can organizations
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can we
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning becomes more
abundant there is a
demand
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
need for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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