MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
reviews
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
electronic education technology make it possible for
learners
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
blended learning organizations
have to consider
now that online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can learners
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
need
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
ventures.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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