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 this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
describes
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are many
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
The Ohio State University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
demand
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
undertakings.
Everybody wants
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This interesting new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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