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 this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
studies
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
digital education technology are providing the means for
students
in nations all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
typically free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are many
issues that
learning technology organizations
have to consider
now that learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can organizations
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can organizations
manage
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
procurable there is a
need
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open educational
undertakings.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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