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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
explores
issues
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
online education have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
These MOOCs are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education organizations
must deal with
more than ever because online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Kirkwood Community College to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
growing
desideratum for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This scholarly new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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