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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
explores
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
e-learning have made it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in online classes.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
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.
MOOC courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to deal with
now that online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can students
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
abundant there is a
need
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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