MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
gains in
blended learning technology have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to take part in online classes.
MOOC courses are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are several
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can teachers
make sure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can institutions
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
manage
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
details
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This intriguing new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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