MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
digital education technology have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to take part in online courses.
These MOOC classes are
free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
elearning technology organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
University of Michigan to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to perceive how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Public servants want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
need for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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