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 the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
changes in
e-learning have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
MOOC courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Corporations want
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
desire for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This stimulating new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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