MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advancements in
distance learning technology have empowered
humans
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
MOOC classes are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
most important 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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