MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
advances in
online education make it possible for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take part in online classes.
MOOC courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
distance learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
need for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational issues.
This stimulating new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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