MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
reviews
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advancements in
blended learning enable
learners
in nations all aver the world
to participate in classes online.
MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences.
There are several
topics that
elearning technology organizations
are having to consider
now that elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
necessity
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
these
new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Educators want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
desideratum for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education issues.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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