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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
gains in
digital education technology have made it possible for
humans
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are numerous
issues that
online education organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can students
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Bhutan to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
available there is a
desideratum
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
these
important new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Scientists want
to comprehend how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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