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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
changes in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
humans
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
are having to deal with
now that online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can participants
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Cuba to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
necessity
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open educational
ventures.
Educators want
to perceive how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
demand for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This sensational new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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