MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
reviews
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
changes in
online education are enabling
students
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses online.
Massive open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are a lot of
topics that
e-learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
need
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to understand
these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Universities want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
desire for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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