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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
studies
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
electronic education technology enable
humans
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massive online courses are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of New Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
need
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Professors want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This sensational new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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