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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
describes
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
elearning are empowering
humans
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These online MOOCs are
typically free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
e-learning organizations
have to deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
make sure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Cook Islands to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Scientists want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
need for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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