MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
evolvements in
elearning make it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
MOOC courses are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
blended learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to perceive how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
undertakings.
Trainers want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
need for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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