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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
gains in
technology-enhanced learning make it possible for
students
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Palau to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
need
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better grasp
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
expanding
demand for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This intriguing new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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