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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
developments in
digital education technology enable
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
intriguing new open education
undertakings.
Corporations want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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