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 the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
articulates
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
technology-enhanced learning are enabling
humans
all over the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
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 dealing with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
developing
desideratum for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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