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.
Learn more about this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
studies
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
changes in
distance learning have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are
free
for students 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 a lot of
subjects that
elearning technology institutions
are considering
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can learners
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
France to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
get a handle on
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
demand for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This inspiring new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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