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 this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
talks about
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
elearning are making it possible for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take part in online classes.
MOOC courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning institutions
must deal with
now that elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Greece to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
undertakings.
Corporations want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
need for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This interesting new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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