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 this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
evolvements in
electronic educational technology enable
people
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
These MOOC classes are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning technology institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
passable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Montserrat to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desire
to be aware of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Intellectuals want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
need for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This gripping new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and OERS.
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