MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
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 is a
book
that
studies
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
developments in
online education have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
distance learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because learning technology is
developing so fast.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can institutions
ensure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can institutions
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desire
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open educational
initiatives.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Researchers want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
need for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational topics.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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