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 the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
online education technology have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to take online classes.
This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes.
These MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online education organizations
are having to consider
today because distance learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Botswana to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
People want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This book
also reviews the
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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