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.
Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
elearning technology have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
These MOOC courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so quickly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Trainers want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
desire for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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