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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
explores
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
e-learning technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in online courses.
These MOOC classes are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online education organizations
are considering
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can we
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Researchers want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This stimulating new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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