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 this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
investigates
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
electronic educational technology are empowering
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses 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
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
elearning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Davidson College to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
available there is a
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
need
to understand
these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Everyone wants
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This dramatic new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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