MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
evolvements in
distance learning make it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are
usually 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 a variety of
topics that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
today because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can learners
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Minnesota to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desire
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
new open education
initiatives.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Educators want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
demand for
facts
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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