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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
explores
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
advances in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
These massive open courses are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can institutions
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
United States to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
prolific there is a
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This thrilling new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
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