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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advances in
elearning technology are providing the means for
students
all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education organizations
have to deal with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can learners
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Kingman Reef to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Instructors want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This sensational new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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