MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
distance learning are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online education institutions
are considering
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
desire
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Everybody wants
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
need for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This inspiring new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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