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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
reviews
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advancements in
distance learning technology have empowered
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
typically free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning technology organizations
are dealing with
today because blended learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can students
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Baker Island to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
necessity
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
intriguing new open education
ventures.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
need for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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