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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
blended learning enable
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massively open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
elearning technology institutions
are struggling with
today because learning technology is
improving so fast.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can participants
make sure that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Swaziland to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
undertakings.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Trainers want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This authoritative new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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