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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in online courses.
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
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
distance learning institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
certify that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can students
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Albania to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
open education
undertakings.
Universities want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
desire for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational issues.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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