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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
e-learning have provided the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in online classes.
These MOOC courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because blended learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
need
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
ventures.
Universities want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To meet this
expanding
desideratum for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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