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
that
examines
topics
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
evolvements in
electronic education technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning institutions
have to deal with
now that elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Canvas Network to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This interesting new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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