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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advancements in
online learning are providing the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOC classes are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning technology institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
these
promising new open education
ventures.
Everyone wants
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
demand for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education issues.
This gripping new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
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