MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
explores
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
elearning technology have empowered
students
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can institutions
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these MOOCs?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
facts
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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