MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
investigates
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
blended learning are providing the means for
learners
all over the world
to take part in courses 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.
MOOC courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can stakeholders
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
demand
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
desire for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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