MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
gains in
online education technology have enabled
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOC classes are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so fast.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can learners
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
would like
to better understand
these
intriguing new open education
ventures.
People want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education subjects.
This dramatic new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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