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 this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
improvements in
electronic education technology have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that distance learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
need
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
developing
desideratum for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources.
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