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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
electronic educational technology are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
These online MOOCs are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
have to deal with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Lecturers want
to perceive how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
desire for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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