MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
improvements in
electronic education technology make it possible for
students
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to consider
today because blended learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
initiatives.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
People want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education issues.
This dramatic new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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