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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
distance learning technology have empowered
humans
all around the world
to take classes online.
These MOOC courses are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are several
subjects that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can we
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
need
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Students want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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