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 this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
electronic education technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These online MOOCs are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
today because blended learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can students
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Latvia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
undertakings.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Teachers want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
demand for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This sensational new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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