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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
electronic educational technology have empowered
learners
all over the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to deal with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
intriguing new open educational
ventures.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Universities want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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