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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
electronic education technology have made it possible for
students
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in online classes.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to consider
today because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Armenia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desire
to be aware of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
endeavours.
People want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
desire for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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