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
edited collection
which
investigates
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
developments in
online education technology make it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in online courses.
These massive open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online learning institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
demand
to be aware of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
open educational
undertakings.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
People want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
desire for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This definitive new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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