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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
electronic educational technology make it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOC classes are
normally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
demand
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
want
to better grasp
these
intriguing new open education
endeavours.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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