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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
evolvements in
online learning technology are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massive open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
elearning technology organizations
must deal with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
make sure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can students
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
manage
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
necessity
to be aware of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
details
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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