MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
learning technology are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to take online classes.
These MOOCs are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
endeavours.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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