MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
distance learning technology have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a lot of
topics that
learning technology organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
compelling new open education
undertakings.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Lecturers want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
desire for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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