MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
researches
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
online education technology have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
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
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to consider
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
endeavours.
Everyone wants
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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