MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
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
book
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
learning technology make it possible for
people
all over the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
typically free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to deal with
now that learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
want
to better grasp
these
interesting new open education
initiatives.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource issues.
This gripping new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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