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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
articulates
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
online learning technology have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
These massive online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are many
issues that
online learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can we
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Washington to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This dramatic new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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