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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
gains in
learning technology are enabling
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in classes online.
These massive online courses are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are numerous
topics that
blended learning organizations
are dealing with
today because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can institutions
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
necessity
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Professors want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
developing
need for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This sensational new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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