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 the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
developments in
online education have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online classes.
Massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning organizations
have to consider
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can learners
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
San Diego County Office of Education to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
ventures.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Everybody wants
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This interesting new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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