MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
learning technology are making it possible for
people
all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can learners
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Kyrgyzstan to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
get a handle on
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
ventures.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
People want
to comprehend how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
need for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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