MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
investigates
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
developments in
distance learning are enabling
people
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are
typically free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education organizations
are struggling with
today because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
guarantee that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desideratum
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Students want
to perceive how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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