MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
gains in
elearning enable
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in 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.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
elearning technology institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can learners
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Puerto Rico to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
necessity
to perceive how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
new open educational
initiatives.
Educators want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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