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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
evolvements in
online education technology enable
learners
in nations all around the world
to take classes 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
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning technology organizations
are dealing with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
certify that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Czech Republic to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
manage issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
these
open educational
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Scientists want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
desire for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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