MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
analyzes
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
developments in
electronic education technology enable
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
MOOC classes are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are numerous
topics that
blended learning organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Professors want
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
need for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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