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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
e-learning technology are enabling
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
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.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can students
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Chile to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
get a handle on
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This interesting new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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