MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
online learning have provided the means for
humans
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massively open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are numerous
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can participants
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Scholars want
to know how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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