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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
analyzes
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
elearning technology are enabling
people
in nations all around the world
to take courses online.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
distance learning organizations
have to struggle with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can participants
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
NovoEd to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desire
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
need for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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