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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
e-learning technology have provided the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in 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 massive online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
elearning technology organizations
have to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Sierra Leone to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
get a handle on
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
initiatives.
Corporations want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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