MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
studies
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
people
all over the world
to take part in classes online.
These massively open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can we
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Trainers want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education topics.
This book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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