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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
talks about
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
changes in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in classes online.
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.
MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online learning institutions
are dealing with
now that elearning technology is
developing so fast.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can institutions
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Yale University to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
need
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
demand for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This dramatic new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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