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 the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
online education technology make it possible for
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning technology institutions
must deal with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can learners
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these MOOC classes?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This authoritative new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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