MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
explores
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
evolvements in
online education technology have enabled
learners
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
blended learning organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can institutions
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Arizona State University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Public servants want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
need for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education issues.
This inspiring new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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