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 the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
explores
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
online learning technology have provided the means for
humans
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes.
These massive online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to deal with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so swiftly.
How can participants
make sure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Great Basin College to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
manage
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
necessity
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Researchers want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational issues.
This scholarly new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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