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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
advancements in
technology-enhanced learning are empowering
students
all over the world
to take online courses.
These massive open courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online education institutions
have to consider
today because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so swiftly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
demand
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
desideratum for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This amazing new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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