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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
digital education technology have provided the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
learning technology organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
France to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
desire
to understand
these
new open education
ventures.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
demand for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This interesting new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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