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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
online education are enabling
students
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
These MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
now that learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
need
to comprehend how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
initiatives.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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