MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
distance learning technology enable
humans
in nations all around the world
to take online classes.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
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 many
topics that
elearning technology institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
People want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
need for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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