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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
addresses
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
electronic educational technology make it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to attend to
now that e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
demand
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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