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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
explores
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
online education have made it possible for
students
in nations all around the world
to take courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massively open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can institutions
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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