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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
digital education technology have enabled
people
all around the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOCs are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to consider
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Iceland to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Scientists want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
demand for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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