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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
e-learning have empowered
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
These massive online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
distance learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can we
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
necessity
to comprehend how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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