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 this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
investigates
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
The latest
gains in
online education have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are many
topics that
distance learning organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these MOOC classes?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
important new open educational
ventures.
Universities want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
need for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This amazing new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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