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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
talks about
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
distance learning technology are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
blended learning institutions
have to deal with
today because blended learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
make sure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can stakeholders
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
MOOEC to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
need
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
People want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
demand for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
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