MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
changes in
technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for
learners
all over the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are numerous
issues that
learning technology organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
WizIQ to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Scholars want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
demand for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This gripping new book
also deals with the
key 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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