MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
researches
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
electronic education technology are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can learners
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desire
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
demand for
details
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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