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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
investigates
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
learners
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
generally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Guam to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desire
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
need
to understand
these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
demand for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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