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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
e-learning are enabling
students
in nations all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive open courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
learning technology organizations
have to consider
more than ever because online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can students
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Lithuania to conduct these MOOC classes?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
get a handle on
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
want
to better grasp
these
important new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to know how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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