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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
topics
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
electronic education technology make it possible for
people
all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
These massive online courses are
typically free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to consider
now that online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Switzerland to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to comprehend how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
desire for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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