MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
investigates
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
electronic education technology are enabling
people
all around the world
to participate in online classes.
These massive open courses are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because distance learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Azerbaijan to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
undertakings.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This thrilling new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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