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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
changes in
e-learning technology are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses online.
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.
Massively open online courses are
free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
elearning technology organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Alfred State College of Technology - SUNY to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
desire for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education issues.
This amazing new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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