MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advancements in
elearning technology are enabling
humans
all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
India to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Academics want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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