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 the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
studies
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
advances in
e-learning are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
make sure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education subjects.
This sensational new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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