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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
electronic education technology make it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take 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 courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
learning technology institutions
are considering
today because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Russia to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
available there is a
developing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
desideratum for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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