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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
gains in
e-learning enable
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
MOOC courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
today because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
The John Marshall Law School to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
demand
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
would like
to better perceive
these
intriguing new open education
initiatives.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
expanding
demand for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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