MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
elearning technology are making it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to attend to
today because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
desideratum
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
demand for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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