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.
Learn more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
electronic educational technology are making it possible for
humans
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
These MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
There are a variety of
topics that
learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can participants
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Utah Valley University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
People want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
demand for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This sensational new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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