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 this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
humans
all around the world
to take online classes.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning organizations
must deal with
today because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
desire
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
need for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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