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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advancements in
e-learning are providing the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
now that e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can stakeholders
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Egypt to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
want
to better comprehend
these
intriguing new open education
initiatives.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Public servants want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education subjects.
This new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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