MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
elearning enable
people
all over the world
to take part in online classes.
These online MOOCs are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are quite a few
topics that
elearning organizations
are having to attend to
today because online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Bahrain to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
manage
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
these
important new open educational
ventures.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
People want
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
demand for
details
the scholarly 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
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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