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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
gains in
online education have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to be participants in online classes.
This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
There are quite a few
topics that
blended learning institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Ascension to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Public servants want
to know how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
desideratum for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education issues.
This amazing new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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