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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
describes
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
digital education technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
MOOC classes are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
demand
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This authoritative new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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