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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
elearning technology are empowering
humans
all over the world
to participate in classes online.
This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences.
These MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
blended learning institutions
are considering
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can organizations
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
important new open education
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Universities want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
demand for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This exciting new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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