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 the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
articulates
issues
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
changes in
technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for
humans
in nations all aver the world
to participate 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.
MOOCs are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are quite a few
topics that
distance learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
necessity
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
undertakings.
Lecturers want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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