MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
describes
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
blended learning are enabling
students
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a lot of
topics that
online education organizations
are struggling with
now that online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
certify that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can organizations
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Corporations want
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
facts
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education subjects.
This scholarly new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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