MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
e-learning technology are making it possible for
people
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can participants
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Korea, North to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
get a handle on
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Instructors want
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
desideratum for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This definitive new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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