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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
digital education technology are making it possible for
people
all over the world
to take classes 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.
These massive online courses are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because distance learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
desire for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This interesting new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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