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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
studies
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
elearning are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
elearning organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Kenya to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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