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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
talks about
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
changes in
digital education technology are providing the means for
students
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
usually free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are many
topics that
online education institutions
are dealing with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can learners
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desideratum
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better perceive
these
new open educational
undertakings.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
desire for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This interesting new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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