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.
Learn more about this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
changes in
online education have enabled
students
in nations all around the world
to participate in online classes.
This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes.
MOOC classes are
commonly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can we
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
necessity
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
new open education
initiatives.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Educators want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
demand for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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