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 the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
explores
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
evolvements in
e-learning technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Serbia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
desideratum for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This definitive new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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