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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
explores
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
changes in
distance learning are enabling
learners
in nations all aver the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so fast.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can we
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to be aware of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Teachers want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
need for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This definitive new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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