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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
advancements in
elearning are enabling
students
in nations all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
now that blended learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can participants
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
handle
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desire
to be aware of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
these
open educational
undertakings.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
desire for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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