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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
changes in
distance learning technology have enabled
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can institutions
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Educators want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To satisfy this
expanding
demand for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This exciting new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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