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 the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
online education technology make it possible for
people
all around the world
to take part in courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive open courses are
free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can participants
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Libya to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
necessity
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Intellectuals want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
demand for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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