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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
online education technology have empowered
students
all over the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology institutions
have to consider
now that e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Ukraine to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Students want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
desire for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This thrilling new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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