MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
e-learning make it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
distance learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Broward College to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Professors want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
expanding
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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