MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
e-learning technology have enabled
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
These massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
distance learning organizations
are dealing with
more than ever because blended learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Wellesley College to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desideratum
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Scientists
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Educators want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
demand for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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