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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
researches
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
online education have made it possible for
learners
all over the world
to take classes online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massive open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
demand
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
initiatives.
Academics want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also investigates 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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