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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
reviews
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
online education technology enable
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massive open courses are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
learning technology institutions
must deal with
today because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience.
How can participants
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
these
intriguing new open educational
undertakings.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
desire for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This authoritative new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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