MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
gains in
digital education technology are providing the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
learning technology institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can students
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Haiti to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
need
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects.
This stimulating new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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