MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
analyzes
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
gains in
electronic education technology are enabling
people
all over the world
to participate in classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
topics that
e-learning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because blended learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Ireland to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This scholarly new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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