MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
explores
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
e-learning technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
These massive online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
today because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can learners
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Saudi Arabia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
need
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Universities want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education subjects.
This intriguing new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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