MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
blended learning technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
There are many
topics that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because distance learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can participants
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
iversity to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
need
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
significant new open education
ventures.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Instructors want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects.
This book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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