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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
addresses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
evolvements in
online education have made it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
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 students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
learning technology organizations
are dealing with
today because blended learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can participants
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Palmyra Atoll to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
desire for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This definitive new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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