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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
gains in
e-learning are providing the means for
learners
all around the world
to take part in courses online.
These massive open courses are
usually free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology organizations
must deal with
more than ever because distance learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Somalia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education subjects.
This thrilling new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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