MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
digital education technology have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
distance learning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Everyone wants
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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