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
which
addresses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
e-learning have provided the means for
humans
all around the world
to take classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are dealing with
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can students
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Everyone wants
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
desire for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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