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 the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
articulates
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
e-learning technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to participate in classes online.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a variety of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Tumblr to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
need for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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