MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
addresses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
blended learning technology make it possible for
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
These massive online courses are
normally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning technology organizations
are struggling with
today because online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Burundi to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
get a handle on
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
need
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
need
to understand
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
developing
desideratum for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This definitive new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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