MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
digital education technology have enabled
people
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
need
to better understand
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To handle this
growing
desire for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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