MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
researches
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
blended learning technology are enabling
learners
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because blended learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Researchers want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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