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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
online education technology have made it possible for
people
all around the world
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.
Massive open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
make sure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can learners
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Palmyra Atoll to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to grasp how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This gripping new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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