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 this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
researches
issues
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
elearning are enabling
learners
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
distance learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can we
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open education
ventures.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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