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 the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
describes
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
e-learning technology have empowered
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
e-learning organizations
are dealing with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Professors want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
demand for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This stimulating new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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