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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
investigates
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
technology-enhanced learning enable
people
all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
blended learning institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
YouTube to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Intellectuals want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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