MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
electronic education technology are enabling
humans
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This definitive new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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