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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
studies
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
gains in
technology-enhanced learning are empowering
people
in nations all around the world
to take online classes.
These MOOC classes are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
today because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
make sure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
desire for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This exciting new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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