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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
evolvements in
distance learning technology are enabling
humans
all over the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online education institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Ukraine to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
ventures.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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