MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
addresses
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
online education have empowered
people
in nations all around the world
to take courses online.
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.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology organizations
must deal with
now that elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
make sure that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
necessity
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
undertakings.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
need for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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