MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advances in
distance learning enable
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education.
Massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online education institutions
have to consider
today because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Greece to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
necessity
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Teachers want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
developing
desire for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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