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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
talks about
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
online education technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses online.
These MOOC classes are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning organizations
are dealing with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can organizations
get a handle on
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to 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.
Educators want
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
desire for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This interesting new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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