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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
talks about
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advancements in
distance learning technology have empowered
learners
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
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
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to consider
now that online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Ohio State University to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
need for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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