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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
improvements in
online education technology make it possible for
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
today because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can organizations
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can we
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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