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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
developments in
online education technology have made it possible for
people
all around the world
to participate in online classes.
MOOCs are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can students
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
France to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
desideratum
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Scholars want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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