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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
changes in
electronic education technology have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
learning technology organizations
are struggling with
now that elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Colorado State University-Global Campus to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Everyone wants
to know how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
demand for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This thrilling new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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