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
that
discusses
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
learners
in nations all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
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.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to consider
now that online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Paraguay to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
endeavours.
Teachers want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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