MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn 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 (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
online education have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are having to consider
today because distance learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can students
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better understand
these
important new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Universities want
to comprehend how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
demand for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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