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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
improvements in
learning technology make it possible for
people
all over the world
to take part in online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes.
These online MOOCs are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can we
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
U.S. Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
desideratum
to perceive how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Teachers want
to comprehend how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational topics.
This gripping new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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