MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
online learning technology make it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can participants
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Puerto Rico to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
necessity
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
significant new open education
ventures.
Educators want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This definitive new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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