MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
learning technology are enabling
people
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are several
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
make sure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can participants
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Professors want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
demand for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This authoritative new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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