MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
blended learning enable
students
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOCs are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are considering
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can learners
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
handle
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Universities want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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