MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
developments in
online learning technology have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
These massive open courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are several
subjects that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can learners
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
ventures.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
desire for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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