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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
reviews
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
evolvements in
online education are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
distance learning institutions
must deal with
today because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can learners
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning becomes more
procurable there is a
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Students want
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
expanding
demand for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource issues.
This amazing new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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