MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOCs are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online education organizations
are dealing with
now that blended learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
need
to better comprehend
these
fascinating new open education
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Students want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
desire for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|
