MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
developments in
online education technology are making 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.
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.
Massive open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to deal with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Equatorial Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
undertakings.
Teachers want
to perceive how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
|
