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 the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
describes
subjects
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advancements in
elearning are enabling
learners
in every nation on earth
to take part in online courses.
These online MOOCs are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can learners
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Corporations want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This amazing new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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