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 the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
describes
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
changes in
elearning technology have enabled
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
Massive open online courses are
commonly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to consider
now that online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
need
to better understand
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to grasp how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
need for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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