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 the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
gains in
learning technology are providing the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
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 MOOCs are
generally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
today because distance learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can students
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Facebook to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
desideratum for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This exciting new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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