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 the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
evolvements in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to deal with
now that elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
desire for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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