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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
talks about
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
improvements in
distance learning technology are enabling
people
all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
certify that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can organizations
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
University of Minnesota to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
necessity
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
ventures.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Professors want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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