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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
developments in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
students
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These online MOOCs are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Elidaemy to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
demand for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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