MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
explores
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
blended learning technology have empowered
learners
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
these
fascinating new open education
ventures.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Everyone wants
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
desideratum for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This stimulating new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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