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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
studies
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
improvements in
distance learning technology are empowering
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
learning technology institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
make sure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This thrilling new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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