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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
articulates
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
e-learning technology make it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online learning organizations
have to deal with
today because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Niue to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
want
to better grasp
these
significant new open education
undertakings.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
People want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
need for
facts
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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