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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
studies
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
online education are making it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can learners
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Facebook to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
get a handle on
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
these
new open education
initiatives.
Corporations want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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