MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
explores
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
digital education technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massive open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
need
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
need
to better comprehend
these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Scientists want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This amazing new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
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