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 this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
developments in
distance learning have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes 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.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online learning technology institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
certify that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
desideratum for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This interesting new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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