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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
gains in
blended learning technology are enabling
learners
all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These MOOC classes are
typically free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
CaltechX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desire
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
growing
desire for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This authoritative new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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