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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
digital education technology have enabled
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
e-learning organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so fast.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
manage
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Everyone wants
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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