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 this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
electronic educational technology enable
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
e-learning institutions
are considering
today because online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
necessity
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
new open education
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Everybody wants
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
desire for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This exciting new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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