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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
evolvements in
online learning technology have provided the means for
humans
all over the world
to take part in online classes.
These MOOC courses are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
blended learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
assure that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Indonesia to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
necessity
to be aware of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Academics want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
expanding
need for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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