MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
gains in
electronic educational technology are enabling
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning organizations
have to consider
today because blended learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
be assured that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can we
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Bulgaria to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better perceive
these
significant new open educational
undertakings.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Lecturers want
to perceive how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
demand for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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