MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advances in
distance learning have empowered
people
all over the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
learning technology institutions
are struggling with
today because online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can educators
guarantee that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Emory University to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Researchers want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education subjects.
This exciting new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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