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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Modern
gains in
online learning have made it possible for
learners
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses 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.
These massively open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning organizations
have to deal with
now that blended learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Kuwait to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This amazing new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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