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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
talks about
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
learning technology are enabling
humans
all around the world
to take classes online.
These MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so fast.
How can participants
make sure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can participants
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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