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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
online learning are providing the means for
learners
all around the world
to take classes 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.
These MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
distance learning institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Armenia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
manage
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
desideratum for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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