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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
changes in
blended learning technology have enabled
humans
all over the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
elearning technology institutions
are dealing with
now that distance learning technology is
developing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Egypt to conduct these MOOC classes?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
How can educators
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
open educational
initiatives.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Instructors want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
need for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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