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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
technology-enhanced learning are enabling
students
in nations all around the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
These MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can participants
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
manage
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
would like
to better understand
these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Educators want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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