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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
explores
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
e-learning technology have empowered
learners
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
usually free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are several
subjects that
e-learning technology organizations
are considering
today because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Howland Island to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desideratum
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Corporations want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|
