MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
e-learning technology are enabling
humans
in nations all around the world
to participate in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education organizations
have to consider
more than ever because distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can institutions
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Great Basin College to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
People want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
need for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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