MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
electronic education technology enable
learners
all around the world
to participate in classes online.
These massive open courses are
generally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to know how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
desideratum for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This definitive new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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