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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
developments in
online education technology are empowering
humans
all around the world
to take online courses.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
elearning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
assure that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
demand
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This gripping new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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