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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
researches
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
blended learning technology are empowering
people
in nations all aver the world
to take online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online learning institutions
must deal with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
People want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
details
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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