MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
evolvements in
blended learning are providing the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in online courses.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online education institutions
have to deal with
now that online education technology is
developing so quickly.
How can teachers
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Saint Kitts and Nevis to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
need for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This inspiring new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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