MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advancements in
distance learning are enabling
people
in nations all aver the world
to take classes online.
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 online courses are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
elearning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
demand
to perceive how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
these
important new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Scholars want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
demand for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This thrilling new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
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