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 the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
investigates
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
changes in
technology-enhanced learning have enabled
people
all over the world
to take online courses.
These massive open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online education institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
The Bahamas to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
interesting new open education
undertakings.
Teachers want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
need for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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