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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
deals with
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
changes in
online learning have enabled
students
all around the world
to take classes online.
These online MOOCs are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online learning technology organizations
are considering
now that online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can teachers
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can we
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to be aware of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Professors want
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education topics.
This intriguing new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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