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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
topics
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
online education are providing the means for
humans
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
commonly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
e-learning technology institutions
are considering
today because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
be assured that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Intellectuals want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
developing
demand for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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