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 this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
analyzes
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
blended learning technology make it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for learners 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 quite a few
subjects that
distance learning institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can participants
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
need
to better perceive
these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Universities want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
demand for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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