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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
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.
MOOCs are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning organizations
have to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can students
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
demand
to perceive how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
need
to better comprehend
these
important new open educational
undertakings.
Lecturers want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
need for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This inspiring new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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