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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
distance learning technology enable
people
all over the world
to participate in online classes.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning institutions
must deal with
now that online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
need
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
need for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This authoritative 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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