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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
improvements in
technology-enhanced learning enable
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can institutions
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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