MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
studies
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
developments in
online learning enable
people
all over the world
to take online courses.
MOOC courses are
usually free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online education organizations
are considering
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so quickly.
This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOCs?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
demand for
facts
the interesting 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 inspiring new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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