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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
elearning technology have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
elearning technology institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
manage
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
developing
demand for
facts
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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