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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
explores
topics
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
evolvements in
elearning technology are making it possible for
students
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
commonly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning organizations
are dealing with
now that learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Vanuatu to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
desire for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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