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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
reviews
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
improvements in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
These MOOCs are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can learners
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
desideratum
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
important new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
desire for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This intriguing new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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