MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advancements in
e-learning technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
almost always free
for students 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 several
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Open2Study to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to perceive how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
details
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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