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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
explores
issues
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
improvements in
elearning technology enable
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in classes online.
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.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning institutions
have to consider
more than ever because learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can institutions
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better comprehend
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
need for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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