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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
digital education technology have made it possible for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take part in online courses.
MOOC classes are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online education organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can organizations
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
desideratum for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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