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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
topics
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advancements in
electronic educational technology are making it possible for
students
all over 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.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that distance learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can participants
make sure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desire
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
endeavours.
Scientists want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This scholarly new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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