MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
researches
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in 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.
These massive open online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
There are a variety of
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to consider
today because distance learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can participants
certify that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can institutions
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Ecuador to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desire
to comprehend how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Public servants want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
data
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational subjects.
This new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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