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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
gains in
learning technology are making it possible for
people
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOC classes are
commonly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
blended learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so fast.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Vatican City to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
abundant there is a
need
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
intriguing new open education
undertakings.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Everybody wants
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This dramatic new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
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