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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
online education technology make it possible for
learners
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOCs are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online education institutions
are dealing with
more than ever because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
guarantee that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can we
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
necessity
to be aware of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This dramatic new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
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