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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
talks about
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
gains in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
humans
all around 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 open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
these
fascinating new open education
endeavours.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
desideratum for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education issues.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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