MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
evolvements in
distance learning technology enable
learners
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive open courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning organizations
are dealing with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can learners
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Burundi to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desideratum
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
demand for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This exciting new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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