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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
learning technology are making it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
ensure that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
intriguing new open educational
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to comprehend how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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