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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
topics
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
blended learning technology have empowered
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in 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.
These MOOC classes are
typically free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online learning technology organizations
are dealing with
today because online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can institutions
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open education
undertakings.
Public servants want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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