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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
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 courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can learners
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Bangladesh to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Universities want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This sensational new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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