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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
talks about
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
e-learning technology enable
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in classes 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 massive online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
today because distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can we
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can organizations
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Scholars want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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