MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
issues
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
online education technology are making it possible for
people
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can participants
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Guyana to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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