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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
elearning technology have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Houston System to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
need
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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