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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
addresses
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
online education are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massive online courses are
normally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
People want
to comprehend how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
desire for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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