MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
elearning technology make it possible for
people
all over the world
to participate in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Clipperton Island to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
People want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This stimulating new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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