MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
distance learning have made it possible for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take classes 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.
MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to consider
more than ever because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can participants
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
United Arab Emirates to conduct these MOOCs?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
need
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
exciting new open educational
undertakings.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This inspiring new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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