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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
studies
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
gains in
technology-enhanced learning have empowered
humans
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desire
to perceive how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Students want
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
desire for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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