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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
investigates
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
online learning technology have provided the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can we
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Universities want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
desideratum for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This exciting new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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