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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
explores
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
online education technology are empowering
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massive open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because blended learning technology is
advancing so fast.
This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Aland to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desideratum
to perceive how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Students want
to perceive how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
information
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education issues.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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