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 the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
investigates
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
digital education technology are empowering
learners
in nations all aver the world
to participate in online classes.
These massive online courses are
free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
learning technology organizations
are considering
today because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can stakeholders
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage problems like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Intellectuals want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
desire for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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