MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
digital education technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology institutions
are dealing with
now that blended learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Djibouti to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
need
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
desideratum for
data
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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