MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
articulates
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Modern
advances in
technology-enhanced learning have empowered
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
generally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can students
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
demand for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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