MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
changes in
technology-enhanced learning enable
people
all over the world
to be participants in online classes.
These massive open courses are
usually free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to attend to
today because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
need
to better grasp
these
open educational
undertakings.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
desire for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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