MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
e-learning are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes online.
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.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can learners
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desire
to grasp how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
these
important new open education
ventures.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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