MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
learning technology have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can students
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
new open education
experiments.
Students want
to comprehend how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
demand for
facts
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This exciting new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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