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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advancements in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to take part in courses online.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a variety of
topics that
elearning technology organizations
have to consider
now that elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can participants
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Michigan to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
new open educational
ventures.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
People want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This gripping new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
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