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 this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
talks about
subjects
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
learning technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
e-learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can institutions
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
demand
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Academics want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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