MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can participants
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
San Marino to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
get a handle on
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
desideratum
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Trainers want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
demand for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This exciting new book
also analyzes the
major 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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