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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
online education technology have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants 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.
MOOCs are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online learning organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Wellesley College to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources.
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