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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advances in
online learning have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are a lot of
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to struggle with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so rapidly.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
important new open education
ventures.
Trainers want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This interesting new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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