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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
studies
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advancements in
blended learning have made it possible for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can students
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Reunion to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
demand
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
desire for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This dramatic new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
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