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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
online learning technology are making it possible for
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
demand for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational subjects.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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