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 the fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
online education have enabled
students
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
There are numerous
subjects that
e-learning organizations
have to deal with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Guatemala to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
manage problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Universities want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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