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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
subjects
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
digital education technology are making it possible for
students
all around the world
to participate in classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
normally free
but do not
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 numerous
issues that
blended learning organizations
are dealing with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so quickly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can students
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
get a handle on
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better understand
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Universities want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This authoritative new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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