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 this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
addresses
topics
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advancements in
online education technology make it possible for
people
all around the world
to take part in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to know how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
desideratum for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This dramatic new book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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