MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
e-learning technology have enabled
learners
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can participants
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
need for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This amazing new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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