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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
digital education technology have provided the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses online.
These MOOC classes are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
blended learning institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Scientists want
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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