MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
talks about
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
online education have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
commonly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are numerous
subjects that
elearning technology institutions
have to deal with
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can organizations
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
initiatives.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Instructors want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
increasing
desideratum for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This definitive new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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