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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
online education are making it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Excelsior College to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desire
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
ventures.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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