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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
online education technology have provided the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage problems like
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
these
important new open educational
undertakings.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Scientists want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational subjects.
This definitive new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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