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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
articulates
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
blended learning technology are empowering
humans
all around the world
to take online courses.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These MOOCs are
typically free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can participants
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Swaziland to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Universities want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
details
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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