MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
talks about
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
blended learning technology are making it possible for
people
all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
MOOCs are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
blended learning organizations
have to deal with
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can institutions
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
American College of Education to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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