MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
investigates
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
digital education technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
now that distance learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of South Florida to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desire
to be aware of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
initiatives.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Corporations want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
desideratum for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This stimulating new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
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