MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advancements in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
students
all over the world
to participate in courses 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.
Massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are quite a few
issues that
blended learning organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
need
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
demand for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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