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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
describes
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
elearning technology enable
people
in nations all aver the world
to take classes via the Internet.
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 courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
demand for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This authoritative new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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