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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
online education are empowering
humans
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These MOOC classes are
typically free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
elearning technology organizations
are having to deal with
today because learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can organizations
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
desire
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
desire for
knowledge
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This book
also describes the
most important 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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