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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
subjects
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advancements in
online learning technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take 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.
These massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology organizations
are dealing with
today because distance learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
United States to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to perceive how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
initiatives.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Everybody wants
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
desire for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education issues.
This book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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