MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
explores
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Modern
gains in
digital education technology have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
These massive online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs.
How can participants
make sure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can learners
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This intriguing new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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