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 this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
blended learning enable
students
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These MOOC courses are
normally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
learning technology organizations
must deal with
now that elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Bangladesh to conduct these MOOC classes?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Everyone wants
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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