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.
Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
gains in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive open courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these MOOC classes?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desire
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Intellectuals want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
need for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This authoritative new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
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