MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
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
edited collection
that
analyzes
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
changes in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time.
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Germany to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to comprehend how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
open education
ventures.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Students want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
In response to this
demand for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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