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 the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
distance learning have provided the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to take 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
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
ventures.
Public servants want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
desire for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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