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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advancements in
distance learning have made it possible for
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can participants
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of South Florida to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
desideratum
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
demand for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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