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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
analyzes
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
learning technology have provided the means for
humans
in nations all around the world
to participate in online courses.
These MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Corporations want
to perceive how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
desideratum for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This authoritative new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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