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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
investigates
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
learning technology are empowering
students
all around the world
to take courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
distance learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Ascension to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
desire for
information
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This dramatic new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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