MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
digital education technology are making it possible for
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
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 classes are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
State University of New York to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
necessity
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
desideratum for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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