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
book
that
discusses
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
gains in
online education technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses online.
MOOC classes are
free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education institutions
are having to consider
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
certify that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can learners
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
French Polynesia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
demand for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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