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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
online education have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOCs are
typically free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
topics that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to deal with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
manage
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
need
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
important new open education
initiatives.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Everybody wants
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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