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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
talks about
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
distance learning enable
humans
in every nation on earth
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 online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
elearning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can participants
ensure that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can participants
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
need
to better grasp
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Everyone wants
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
demand for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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