MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
deals with
topics
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
online education technology are enabling
humans
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that blended learning technology is
advancing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Isle of Man to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
desideratum for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This interesting new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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