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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
investigates
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
online education technology have provided the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These massive online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
blended learning institutions
are dealing with
today because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can organizations
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
iversity to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
necessity
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
these
interesting 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
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
growing
demand for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This exciting new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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