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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
improvements in
e-learning technology are empowering
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to consider
today because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can organizations
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
need
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
desire for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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