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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
researches
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
learning technology have made it possible for
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive open courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Senegal to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to comprehend how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
need for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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