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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
articulates
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses online.
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 online MOOCs are
normally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Georgetown University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As online learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
want
to better grasp
these
significant new open education
ventures.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This definitive new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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