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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advancements in
technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
These MOOCs are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
United Kingdom to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
these
new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Trainers want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
desire for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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