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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
researches
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
gains in
electronic educational technology are empowering
students
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
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.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Vatican City to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desideratum
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
desire for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This exciting new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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