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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
evolvements in
distance learning technology make it possible for
people
all over the world
to take part in online classes.
Massive open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning organizations
are having to deal with
now that online education technology is
improving so quickly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can teachers
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can participants
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
demand
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
desire for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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