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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
describes
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
distance learning technology enable
people
in nations all aver the world
to take online courses.
These massive open courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Gibraltar to conduct these MOOCs?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Lecturers want
to know how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This stimulating new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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