MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
explores
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
developments in
e-learning have made it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
make sure that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can we
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Angola to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Scholars want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education subjects.
This new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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