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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
reviews
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advancements in
electronic educational technology make it possible for
humans
in every nation on earth
to be participants 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 massively open online courses are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are numerous
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
be assured that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
available there is a
demand
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
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