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 this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
elearning technology make it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are dealing with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
these
intriguing new open education
initiatives.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Academics want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
need for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
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