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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
online learning technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses 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.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
e-learning institutions
have to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
necessity
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
developing
desire for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational subjects.
This dramatic new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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