MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
e-learning have made it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
e-learning institutions
are dealing with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Broward College to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
these
new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
increasing
need for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational subjects.
This authoritative new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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