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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
elearning technology have provided the means for
students
all over the world
to take online courses.
These MOOCs are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can institutions
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can we
manage
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
demand
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
these
new open educational
initiatives.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Instructors want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This interesting new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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