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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
addresses
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
blended learning technology have made it possible for
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning institutions
are struggling with
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Brazil to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
demand
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
need
to understand
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This inspiring new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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