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 this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
electronic educational technology have enabled
humans
in every nation on earth
to take part in online classes.
These massively open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are quite a few
subjects that
learning technology organizations
must deal with
now that learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can participants
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
necessity
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Lecturers want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
desideratum for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This intriguing new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
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