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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
evolvements in
online education technology have provided the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online classes.
These massive open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
be assured that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can learners
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This inspiring new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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