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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
online education technology are providing the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
These massive open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education institutions
are dealing with
today because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can students
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Universities want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
need for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This scholarly new book
also considers 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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