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 this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
investigates
topics
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
e-learning are providing the means for
humans
all around the world
to participate in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
generally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning organizations
are dealing with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can institutions
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Minnesota to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desire
to grasp how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
these
new open educational
ventures.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
need for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This intriguing new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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