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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
articulates
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
online education technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
elearning organizations
have to deal with
today because learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can we
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Papua New Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
intriguing new open education
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Intellectuals want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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