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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
talks about
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
online education technology are empowering
humans
all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
make sure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can learners
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
demand
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
need for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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