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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
developments in
digital education technology make it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in online courses.
These massive online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
today because blended learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
fascinating new open education
ventures.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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