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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
addresses
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
learning technology have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online learning technology organizations
must deal with
now that online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Sierra Leone to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Researchers want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education subjects.
This interesting new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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