MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
evolvements in
online education are providing the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning organizations
are considering
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can organizations
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Kirkwood Community College to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
demand
to comprehend how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Trainers want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
developing
need for
details
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This book
also studies the
key 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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