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 this definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to take part in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
blended learning organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can organizations
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As digital learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
necessity
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Educators want
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This amazing new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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