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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
reviews
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
changes in
elearning have provided the means for
students
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Guyana to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage problems like
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
need for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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