MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
blended learning have empowered
people
in nations all aver the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
normally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
today because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
make sure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As online education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
need
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Intellectuals want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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