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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
addresses
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
online education make it possible for
humans
all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive open online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to deal with
now that learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can students
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Nagorno-Karabakh to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
undertakings.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Corporations want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This thrilling new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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