MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
online education have provided the means for
students
all around the world
to take courses online.
These MOOCs are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
necessity
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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