MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
electronic education technology have enabled
students
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a lot of
topics that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that blended learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Central African Republic to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
need
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Everybody wants
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
desideratum for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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