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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
evolvements in
elearning technology have provided the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are several
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
certify that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Germany to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Everybody wants
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This sensational new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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