MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
digital education technology are empowering
learners
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning technology institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Scholars want
to know how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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