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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
digital education technology make it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in online classes.
These massive open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can organizations
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
MOOEC to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Teachers want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
demand for
data
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This exciting new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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