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 the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
describes
subjects
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
electronic educational technology have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
These online MOOCs are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
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
subjects that
learning technology institutions
are having to consider
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
desideratum
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
Universities want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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