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 this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
elearning are enabling
people
all around the world
to participate in online courses.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning technology organizations
are struggling with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can institutions
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Gabon to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
would like
to better understand
these
open educational
experiments.
Everyone wants
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
need for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource topics.
This inspiring new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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