MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
describes
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
online education technology are making it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take online classes.
These massively open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
distance learning institutions
have to consider
more than ever because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can we
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Cook Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Trainers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
details
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education issues.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|