MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
addresses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
developments in
e-learning technology have provided the means for
students
all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Argentina to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
necessity
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better perceive
these
compelling new open educational
ventures.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Trainers want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
desire for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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