MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
distance learning are making it possible for
learners
in nations all aver the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
learning technology organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
widespread there is a
necessity
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
demand for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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