MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
digital education technology are providing the means for
humans
in nations all around the world
to take classes online.
These MOOC courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
open educational
initiatives.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Scholars want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
demand for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This thrilling new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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