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 this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advancements in
electronic educational technology enable
people
all over the world
to participate 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.
Massively open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
today because online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can participants
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Kyrgyzstan to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
manage
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desire
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
ventures.
Intellectuals want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This amazing new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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