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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
e-learning technology have provided the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are numerous
topics that
online learning technology institutions
have to deal with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can we
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
need for
information
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also considers the
most important 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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