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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
distance learning have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes.
These online MOOCs are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online learning institutions
have to consider
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can students
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
ventures.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Instructors want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
data
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational subjects.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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