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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
blended learning technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in 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.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can students
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
desire
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
need for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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