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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
subjects
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
developments in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
These MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education institutions
are having to consider
today because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Facebook to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
undertakings.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
demand for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This gripping new book
also investigates the
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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