MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
deals with
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advancements in
e-learning technology have empowered
people
all over the world
to take courses online.
These MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online learning institutions
are considering
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can institutions
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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