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 this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
technology-enhanced learning have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can students
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
significant new open education
undertakings.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational topics.
This thrilling new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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