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 this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
topics
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
learning technology are empowering
students
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology organizations
must deal with
today because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Everyone wants
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
demand for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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