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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
These massive online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
manage
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
desideratum
to grasp how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
ventures.
Universities want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also explores the
key 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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