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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
evolvements in
elearning technology have enabled
students
in nations all around the world
to take part in classes online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are dealing with
today because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
certify that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
need
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Educators want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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