MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
changes in
electronic educational technology are enabling
learners
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online education institutions
must deal with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Jamaica to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Everybody wants
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
demand for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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