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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
studies
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
learning technology make it possible for
people
all over the world
to take online courses.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning technology organizations
have to consider
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
be assured that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
need
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
these
new open educational
initiatives.
Scientists want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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