MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Modern
evolvements in
digital education technology are making it possible for
humans
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
These massive open courses are
normally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
distance learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that online education technology is
developing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
need for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This gripping new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
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