MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
describes
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advances in
distance learning technology are empowering
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
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.
These MOOCs are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning technology institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Berklee College of Music to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desideratum
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
details
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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