MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
explores
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advancements in
learning technology are empowering
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOC courses are
generally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online education institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can learners
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Faroe Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
need for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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