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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
studies
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
learning technology have made it possible for
learners
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
blended learning organizations
must deal with
now that elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can participants
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Macedonia to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
necessity
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Everyone wants
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
need for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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