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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
talks about
issues
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
changes in
distance learning technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
These massively open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can we
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
necessity
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Students want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
expanding
need for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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