MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
blended learning technology are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
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
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
elearning institutions
are dealing with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Poland to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open education
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Teachers want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This exciting new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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