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 this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
electronic education technology are empowering
people
in nations all around the world
to take 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
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
demand
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
desire
to understand
these
significant new open educational
initiatives.
Universities want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource issues.
This new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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