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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
gains in
elearning have enabled
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massive online courses are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
distance learning institutions
are dealing with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
demand for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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