MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
analyzes
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
evolvements in
online learning technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online classes.
These massive online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are numerous
topics that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to consider
now that online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
The John Marshall Law School to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to perceive how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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