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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
online education are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to deal with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
demand for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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