MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
investigates
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
advances in
learning technology make it possible for
learners
all over the world
to take online classes.
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.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
blended learning institutions
have to consider
today because blended learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
certify that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can students
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Belarus to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
exciting new open educational
initiatives.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
desire for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This authoritative new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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