MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
distance learning have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so quickly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can students
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
United States to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
demand for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource topics.
This new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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