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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
topics
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advancements in
digital education technology have empowered
learners
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses online.
MOOC classes are
generally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Liechtenstein to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
need
to understand
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
desire for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
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