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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
online learning technology are providing the means for
humans
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
MOOCs are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business models 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 participants
handle
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
open education
initiatives.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
demand for
knowledge
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational issues.
This amazing new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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