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 the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
technology-enhanced learning make it possible for
humans
in nations all around the world
to take courses 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.
MOOC classes are
commonly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Ascension to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
Trainers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
details
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This inspiring new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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