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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
digital education technology have enabled
learners
in nations all aver the world
to take online courses.
These MOOC courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can participants
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
United States to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Teachers want
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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