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 this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
talks about
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
learning technology have empowered
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massively open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of South Florida to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
undertakings.
Scientists want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This exciting new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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