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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
describes
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
elearning enable
humans
all over the world
to take online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
learning technology organizations
are struggling with
now that online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can organizations
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Azerbaijan to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
intriguing new open education
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
desire for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This inspiring new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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