MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advancements in
electronic education technology make it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
These massive open courses are
ordinarily free
for learners 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 quite a few
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open education
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Researchers want
to perceive how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This exciting new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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