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 this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
developments in
technology-enhanced learning are enabling
learners
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are several
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can participants
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open educational
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Scientists want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
desire for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
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