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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
digital education technology make it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
e-learning organizations
have to consider
more than ever because online education technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Public servants want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational topics.
This interesting new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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