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 this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
online education have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
blended learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can stakeholders
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Northwestern University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
want
to better perceive
these
exciting new open education
undertakings.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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