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.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
investigates
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so swiftly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
available there is a
necessity
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
these
significant new open education
ventures.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
need for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This thrilling new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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