MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
evolvements in
e-learning technology are empowering
people
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
learning technology organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so swiftly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can students
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open educational
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Lecturers want
to grasp how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
demand for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This amazing new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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