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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
changes in
online education have empowered
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
learning technology organizations
have to consider
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage problems like
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
demand
to comprehend how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Educators want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
demand for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This interesting new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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