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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
blended learning make it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
usually free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education institutions
are dealing with
now that elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Broward College to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
need
to better grasp
these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Students want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
developing
desideratum for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This definitive new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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