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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
investigates
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
distance learning technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
blended learning institutions
have to deal with
now that online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Reddit to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
these
important new open education
undertakings.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
desire for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This thrilling new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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