MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
digital education technology have enabled
students
all over the world
to take part in online classes.
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 open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning technology organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can we
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
need for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This scholarly new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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