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 the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
improvements in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
humans
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online education organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
necessity
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
desire for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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