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 this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
articulates
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
digital education technology are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
blended learning organizations
must deal with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can institutions
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
necessity
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
compelling new open educational
undertakings.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
expanding
demand for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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