MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
addresses
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
blended learning enable
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
These massively open online courses are
usually free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Utah State University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better understand
these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Academics want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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