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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
improvements in
online learning are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning institutions
have to consider
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can participants
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
California Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
undertakings.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This intriguing new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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