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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
elearning are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
These massive online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online education organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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