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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
developments in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
These MOOCs are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning technology organizations
have to consider
now that online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can participants
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Scientists want
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
demand for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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