MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
technology-enhanced learning have empowered
students
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.
These MOOC classes are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
learning technology institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
guarantee that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
get a handle on
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
need
to grasp how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
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