MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
studies
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
elearning have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
Massive open online courses are
commonly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
elearning technology organizations
are dealing with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Eliademy to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning becomes more
available there is a
developing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
need for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This exciting new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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