MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
reviews
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
online learning technology are empowering
learners
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to struggle with
now that online education technology is
developing so fast.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can institutions
be assured that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As online learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Everyone wants
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education topics.
This sensational new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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