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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
studies
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
changes in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can students
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
France to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
necessity
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational issues.
This intriguing new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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