MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
online learning make it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
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.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can institutions
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Solomon Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
need
to better understand
these
important new open educational
ventures.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Everybody wants
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
demand for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education issues.
This amazing new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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