MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advancements in
blended learning are enabling
people
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
now that learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
United States to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
details
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This exciting new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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