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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
addresses
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
online education are empowering
learners
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
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
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Ghana to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Educators want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
demand for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource issues.
This exciting new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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