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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
studies
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
improvements in
electronic educational technology are enabling
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
distance learning institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses.
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
these
important new open education
ventures.
Everybody wants
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
desire for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This book
also articulates the
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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