MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
digital education technology have provided the means for
students
all over the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Renton Technical College to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Academics want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
demand for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
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