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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
describes
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
digital education technology are empowering
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning institutions
are struggling with
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Vanuatu to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
initiatives.
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 respond to this
growing
need for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This gripping new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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