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 the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
online learning have empowered
learners
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
These massively open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology organizations
have to consider
today because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
prolific there is a
necessity
to grasp how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Trainers want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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