MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
e-learning are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning organizations
are dealing with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Brown University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
handle
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Lecturers want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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