MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
e-learning are providing the means for
humans
all over the world
to take part in classes online.
These massive open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
ensure that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This interesting new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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